Presented at LILAC 2015

1. Moodle in Mozambique
delivering information literacy instruction to
postgraduate medical students at a distance
Jane Falconer
Information Services Librarian
Improving health worldwide
www.lshtm.ac.uk

2. About the London School of Hygiene &
Tropical Medicine

3. Our annual information skills teaching
programme

4. About our distance learning students
Dr Mtagi Kibatala, one of our DL
students, interviews Maasi
villagers, Tanzania. ©LSHTM

5. The technical specifications

6. Image taken by Sarah Reid,
downloaded at
https://flic.kr/p/5KMj79
reprdoduced under a CC-BY
licence.
Feedback

7. Very good
50%
Good
48%
Fair
2%
Poor
0%
Achievement of course objectives
Very good
36%Good
60%
Fair
4%
Poor
0%
Achievement of your specific
objectives
Very good
52%Good
30%
Fair
14%
Poor
4%
Ease of use of the course
Very good
38%
Good
54%
Fair
8%
Poor
0%
Overall assessment
Feedback from foundation module
n = 50

8. “The module has already had many benefits, such as:
- getting students to understand how to do a lit search, in practice
not just theory.
- to start their project lit review nice and early, and find helpful
literature for their CARE [ethics approval] form
- to better focus their project research question
- to start working in peer groups that can continue throughout the
project year.
And many students seem to be engaged and enthusiastic about the
module.”
Module coordinator for MSc Epidemiology
“Many thanks for running these library
sessions - seems they have been a big
success! I've been very impressed at the
level of participation overall.”
Module coordinator for MSc Public Health
Preliminary feedback from intermediate module

9. Improving health worldwide
www.lshtm.ac.uk
Any questions?
Jane Falconer
jane.falconer@lshtm.ac.uk